oil catch can
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Burning Brakes
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oil catch can
Just ordered an Elite Engineering oil catch can for my 2007 Z06 and was wondering if it would be a good idea to put one on my 2001 LS1. The PCV system seems to be a lot different. Do LS1s have then same issues with sucking oil into the intake? My LS1 firebird has gone 94K without one.
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My 2000 LS1 C5 has issues around high G bends on the track - oil collects in the heads and gets sucked into the intake. Interested to see what options are out there for typical catch - can installs. I have an LS6 valley cover I plan on installing as well.
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I have an Elite Engineering catch can on my '03 and it does catch some oil and keeps it from going into the intake. While I do not track the car or drive it extremely hard, keeping the oil out of the intake just made sense to me and the expense was worth it.
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If you run your car at the mid to higher rpm's consistently I would get one for sure. They seem to collect more oil at the higher revs. I don't run it hard very often but it's on there just to have peace of mind.
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Pulled the PCV hoses on my C5 LS1 and C6 LS7. Doesn't seem to have a speck of oil in either one. Does that mean anything. Seems to me if they were sucking oil there would be some in those hoses.
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